Little Experiments

often unpolished, usually done

Inky

last commit: May 6, 2024

Inspired by pop-up dictionary browser extensions like Inkah

Tech is Catalyst, as much web tech as possible, catalyst, as much web tech as possible

Wish List

  • allow user to paste a link and get a "reader view" version of the article

Tribe Has Spoken

last commit: Apr 30, 2024

A drag and drop interface for visualizing Survivor votes

Inspired by a messy live-whiteboard session

Tech is Catalyst, as much web tech as possible, intersection observer and mutation observer

Wish List

  • make it a little prettier
  • generate workouts from selected focus (legs, arms, core, etc.)
  • provide a bank of workouts for inspiration
  • shuffle individual workouts with variations

HIIT For Creators

last commit: Jul 2, 2021

Inspired by Zoom fitness classes during COVID, livestream tools

Tech is just front-end Vue3. Transparent, draggable, customizable elements for streaming.

Wish List

  • make it a little prettier
  • generate workouts from selected focus (legs, arms, core, etc.)
  • provide a bank of workouts for inspiration
  • shuffle individual workouts with variations

I learned

  • URL params for state is very cool and useful if you don't care about the aesthetics of your URLs
  • i can't believe url aesthetics are a thing, but also my website is as few letters as possible
  • vue's "computed" function is awesome. it's a good framework tool in that it gives you a conceptional organizational tool (I use it for calculating workout + rest times)

Lil Pathfinder

last commit: Jul 5, 2021

Inspired by paths, mazes

Tech is just front-end Vue3. Also, Vuex a bit of XState

Wish List

  • less griddy, more curvy
  • display as line between, rather than grid itself

I learned

  • URL params for state is very cool and useful if you don't care about the aesthetics of your URLs
  • i can't believe url aesthetics are a thing, but also my website is as few letters as possible
  • vue's "computed" function is awesome. it's a good framework tool in that it gives you a conceptional organizational tool (I use it for calculating workout + rest times)
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